Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:08 am
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 11:53 am
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 11:01 am
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:13 pm
I want to go too...
and the karate thing was really mental illness, not jail worthy... but then again, half our inmates are mentally ill. We have a great justice system.
and the karate thing was really mental illness, not jail worthy... but then again, half our inmates are mentally ill. We have a great justice system.
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:32 pm
Ditto.rydi wrote:I want to go too...
and the karate thing was really mental illness, not jail worthy... but then again, half our inmates are mentally ill. We have a great justice system.
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 4:25 pm
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 4:31 pm
I saw this too, and almost posted it.
I was siding with the parents until I heard that chemo has a 90% success rate w/this kind of cancer, and that they were a weird religious/homeophathic healing group. And that they had 8 kids. And that the "healer" has been convicted of fraud (not in itself horrible, but with all the rest...)
I was siding with the parents until I heard that chemo has a 90% success rate w/this kind of cancer, and that they were a weird religious/homeophathic healing group. And that they had 8 kids. And that the "healer" has been convicted of fraud (not in itself horrible, but with all the rest...)
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 4:44 pm
I can see where people would side with the parents, sort of. Not really. There's a clearly outlined process for handling these sorts of problems and they want to go off and do some sort of unproven crazy-weird religious healing crap? Sorry, I don't buy it.
I love the part where they're just trying to respect their son's wishes or whatever, and then the court moves in and shows that he has little or no comprehension of his problem and, in fact, has a severe enough learning disability that he cannot read at age 13. Clearly this boy is not competent enough to make medical decisions for himself or anyone else, and his parents are basically idiots (and bad parents) as well if they're relying on the medical opinions of their incompetent son.
Edit: I suppose I have a strong opinion on this because my sister's life was saved via chemo treatment about three and a half years ago. *shrug*
I love the part where they're just trying to respect their son's wishes or whatever, and then the court moves in and shows that he has little or no comprehension of his problem and, in fact, has a severe enough learning disability that he cannot read at age 13. Clearly this boy is not competent enough to make medical decisions for himself or anyone else, and his parents are basically idiots (and bad parents) as well if they're relying on the medical opinions of their incompetent son.
Edit: I suppose I have a strong opinion on this because my sister's life was saved via chemo treatment about three and a half years ago. *shrug*
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 5:00 pm
I concur.
Really, if the procedure were more in doubt, or the situation weren't screaming "nutty parents," I would probably be OK with their choice. But come on. It's not like they're just prolonging an inevitable death here, there's a very real likelihood of success, assuming the parents haven't already fucked it up.
While I do think there are probably answers to our health problems other than the FDA, drug companies, and the standard medical model, when a procedure has that high a success rate and the alternative is death... WTF?
Really, if the procedure were more in doubt, or the situation weren't screaming "nutty parents," I would probably be OK with their choice. But come on. It's not like they're just prolonging an inevitable death here, there's a very real likelihood of success, assuming the parents haven't already fucked it up.
While I do think there are probably answers to our health problems other than the FDA, drug companies, and the standard medical model, when a procedure has that high a success rate and the alternative is death... WTF?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:44 pm
I hate humanity.
Shortened, yay!
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/buzz-lo ... shark.html
Edit: For page formatting.
Shortened, yay!
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/buzz-lo ... shark.html
Edit: For page formatting.
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:26 pm
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 1:34 pm
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:07 pm
A follow up about the Sex Theme Park: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8054893.stm
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:24 am
sadness.Taboos win again.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:41 pm
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/health/dpg_h ... 19_2497179
"Caplan said the medical community recognized a person's right to refuse treatments — but those rights didn't extend to incompetent people or children."
As the previous article illustrated, this kid is both. The real gem is in the first paragraph:
"A 13-year-old boy's vow to resist chemotherapy by punching or kicking anyone who tries to force it on him will present doctors with a tough task if they can't change his mind."
"Caplan said the medical community recognized a person's right to refuse treatments — but those rights didn't extend to incompetent people or children."
As the previous article illustrated, this kid is both. The real gem is in the first paragraph:
"A 13-year-old boy's vow to resist chemotherapy by punching or kicking anyone who tries to force it on him will present doctors with a tough task if they can't change his mind."